When you think of South America you can’t help but think of sun and samba. Minimal techno may not spring straight to mind but as FD has discovered a scene is emerging and it’s sounding pretty damn good ……..FD caught up with minimal producer Paulice from Buenos Aires on a chilled out Sunday evening to find out more ..
FD: Hola Paulice, tell us about the music scene over there ?
Paulice: Hola ! Well, mainly the minimal scene is pretty underground, since about 2005, more or less, there have been a lot of new producers coming up from here.
FD: Cool, we are loving your music, how would you describe your sound ? You make minimal techno yeh ?
P: it’s a fusion of everything non electronic influenced too, and i would say its minimal with a tendency to tech house.
FD: How did you come about making this kind of style ? What would you say has influenced you ?
P: Well the minimal concept has been in music almost forever from classical to the most contemporary alternative rock but i also have my own philosophy, even when I make club music, for me it is like when you are dancing to something like minimal, 50% of it you hear and 50% you imagine but it all sums up in one music piece. Personally I’m against the judgement about e-music being mechanic and repetitive, i think music should be dynamic and tell a story.
FD: So do you think of music like a soundtrack when you work on it ?
P: Sometimes i do, i try to imagine a whole scenario or a little orchestra and other times, I just let it flow and experience the sound coming out.
FD: You say you don’t like the idea of electronic music being mechanic, software can sometimes be limiting in that way, how do you try to get around that with your production ? Do you use hardware as well as software ?
P:Well, you need to appeal to all resources, software has developed a lot through the last few years, and there’s a lot of good plug-ins, fx and emulators, and I love old machines too. I cant quit going back to old TR 303 sounds, I kinda was born in this scene with that... I have also built up a little home studio where i sample some instruments of my own and sometimes, with the collaboration of other musicians. Being creative is all about trying to sound unique , that is the main purpose.
FD: good stuff , controversial question time ……. is it true that you dislike dnb ?
P: Ok, haha ! Lets see…. no. I don’t dislike any type of music. I just don’t feel comfortable with dnb that is too fast and with such thick bass-lines that it can hurt my head sometimes ! Even if it is full of nice old school sounds ! I love other styles that are a bit slower, like dubstep and breakbeat. I’ve been experimenting a bit around those sounds, and the truth is ..my perfect swing is 126bpm, it is the exact rhythm that my hips respond to ! Haha !
FD: Interesting, so we could be hearing some Paulice dubstep soon then ?
P: we hope that !
FD: Tell us about the track we are featuring here on FD…
P: This is released soon on the art and net label Silicate which is based in Paris. It is a 2 step mainbase, full of dub sound and acoustic atmospherics.
FD:Nice one ! Thankyou for spending the time to do this for FD
P: Anytime ! You have my full support
So there you have it, you can check out Paulice at myspace and soundcloud